Good battery life that can be extended by using the viewfinder to frame photos

Cons

Price is a little high

Optical zoom is limited to 5x

Camera body is a little chunky

No touch screen LCD

No articulated LCD

Wi-Fi is tricky to set up and use

Menu design could be better

Camera's burst mode performance slows noticeably in RAW mode

Very few movie control options

Optical viewfinder is very basic with no shooting information displayed

Can't match image quality of interchangeable lens cameras in the same price range

Bottom Line

Don't let the high price tag on the PowerShot G16 cause you to skip past
this camera, even if you own the G15 already. The upgrade of the image
processor inside the G16 gives it noticeably stronger performance speed
and image quality versus its predecessor. The G16 is a little chunky and
its small 5x optical zoom lens will disappoint some photographers, but
this camera's performance speeds and image quality both are outstanding,
as long as it fits in your budget. Read more in our Full Conclusion.

The Canon PowerShot G16 is the first G-series PowerShot camera to include built-in Wi-Fi, which allows the G16 to share photos and videos to Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, and even via email. How? There are actually a three ways to use the Wi-Fi:

Connect the G16 to a PC over a local Wi-Fi network.

Connect the G16 to the CANON iMAGE GATEWAY online photo album.

Connect the G16 to a smartphone or tablet running the Canon CameraWindow app (available for iOS and Android). This app also allows users to control the G16 remotely

With an f1.8 aperture, High Sensitivity image sensor, and the DIGIC 6 processor, the G16 should be quite good in lower lighting conditions. To take advantage of this, Canon has developed three new Star Modes:

Star Nightscape, which captures a single landscape image of a starry night sky

Star Trails, which captures multiple images of star trails and combines them into a single "luminous still image"

Star Time Lapse Movie, which takes multiple still images over a long period of time, creating a movie with the stars moving across the sky.

The G16 might be a point-and-shoot digicam, but it has the look and feel and dials of Canon's more expensive EOS DSLR cameras. It even has HDR Scene Modes such as Natural, Art Bold, Art Embossed, Art Standard and Art Vivid options. HDR Photography combines multiple exposures for more saturated colors and enhanced details in light and dark exposures.

Canon PowerShot G16 Features:

12.1-megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS image sensor

DIGIC 6 image processor

5x optical zoom lens

28-140mm

f/1.8 - f/2.8 aperture

Continuous shooting speeds of up to 9.3 frames-per-second

Full HD 1080/60p video recording

Wi-Fi

Star Nightscape

Star Trails

Star Time Lapse Movie

HDR Scene Modes

Natural

Art

Bold

Art Embossed

Art Standard

Art Vivid

Canon's PowerShot G16 is available now with a MSRP of $499.99. See our lowest price button at the top right of this page to view the current online price.

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